Icons
A sculptural essay on cultural identity.
I see Australia as a country seeking it’s own cultural identity. We lack the traditions of Europe, built over thousands of years, and in our early ignorance, missed the opportunity of building on the rich Indigenous culture of our land.
Desperate at times, we have collated a handful of percieved Australian Icons, a combination of popular imagery and stereotypes, which have come to be largely accepted as figure heads of Australian culture.
It is these icons, with their wry reflection of us, that i enjoy representing back to the viewers. Through my three dimensional pieces, you are invited to reflect on the truth of our icons, both historically and currently.
100cm
110cm
110cm
150cm
120cm
140cm
90cm
133cm
160cm
154cm
64cm
127cm
80x135cm